Ergonomics interventions at Badger Mining Corporation.
In 2005, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and Badger Mining Corporation entered a partnership to implement ergonomics interventions, including a systematic process, to address exposure to risk factors that may result in musculoskeletal disorders or other types of injuries/illnesses. As a result of this partnership, an ergonomics process was integrated with the existing safety and health programme to promote an on-going application of ergonomics principles, and over 40 task-specific interventions were implemented during the first year of the process. This paper presents details of the process integration, and several examples of task-specific interventions that reduced exposure to risk factors.
Torma-Krajewski
Janet
J
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Pittsburgh, PA, USA. jtorma@mines.edu
D006801:Humans; D008906:Mining; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D016272:Occupational Health; D016730:Program Development; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014922:Wisconsin